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Published in final edited form as: Mindfulness (N Y). 2018 Mar 24;9(6):1885–1894. doi: 10.1007/s12671-018-0931-2

Table 2.

Baseline and post-intervention scores of patients and caregivers

		Patients			Caregivers
		Baseline (n=19)	Post- interven tion (n=19)	Change	Baseline (n=9)	Post- interventi on (n=9)	Change
		Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
Distress Thermometer score		5.5 (2.4)	2.8 (1.9)	−2.7 (2.1)^**	6.4 (1.7)	4.6 (2.1)	−1.9 (2.0)^*
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)
Anxiety		7.5 (3.8)	4.7 (3.3)	−2.8 (4.7)^*	11.4 (3.4)	9.3 (3.2)	−2.1 (3.3)
Depression		6.9 (3.5)	5.1 (3.3)	−1.8 (3.9)	5.7 (3.9)	3.9 (3.2)	−1.8 (2.1)^*
PROMIS Global Health Scale
Physical Health		12.5 (2.5)	13.5 (2.7)	1.1 (2.2)	15.0 (1.9)	16.5 (2.4)	1.4 (1.1)^**
Mental Health		11.6 (2.9)	13.3 (3.1)	1.7 (1.6)^**	12.3 (2.4)	13.1 (1.9)	0.9 (2.0) −0.5
Brief Fatigue Inventory score		1.9 (0.8)	1.6 (0.8)	−0.3 (0.8)	1.8 (0.7)	1.3 (0.7)	(0.5)^*
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index score		8.0 (2.8)	6.2 (3.5)	−1.8 (3.5)^*	6.1 (2.2)	6.1 (2.4)	−0.3 (2.1)

^*

p ≤ 0.05

^**

p ≤ 0.01